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ck 908 odwin, Viewpoints Editor rd Steven C. Burritt, 1 Truett health reform Serving USC Since 1 Lee Clontz, Editor in Chief Susan Go Editorial Boa Keith Boudreaux, Lupe Eyde, Jimmy DeButts, Kin Health scare Bipartisan politics keep nn hnrh hirrripr until net When Congress admitted defeat in fc year, the political system reacted ( ing of fingers and laying of blame. J ing the reform out of spite. Democrats weri ed to carry the measure through. The Clir have promised too much and been too invc meddling with its commercials raising dou In fact, the only direction fingers have spective pointers. In the wide world of pol the blame for anything that goes wrong or too noble. So the American public is left with que ization surfacing, however, is that the gov and less fighting. That the passage of health care legisla list for this pivotal year is not why the tail the problem is a failure in general. That re* bated many times this week. The real tragedy involved here is the go sion to do something good for the country confusing the issue with bipartisan politic While politicians try to do damage conl or claim victory over issue's dismissal for members of a society that has a problem w Exactly what that problem is, or what mains unknown and probably will until ele rather than criticize. Squeaky condc taint simple pl< M*nMORGAN nai L ^ call l??"1 t y., Friends, Romans, Countrymen... lend me a buck! Ahoy there me era hearties, and welcome to yet anoth- ?^c er swashbuckling episode of hoots and ?.01 hijinks in this edition of the Gamecock... AAARRRRHH! (God, that felt jj? good. I've been waiting to get that off ., my chest for a long time) Ya know, I've been doing a lot of , thinking lately (the voices have stopped ^ for now, thank God), about just how beautiful and scenic a campus we have here. For example, the Horse- ? shoe is the most historic and picturesque location on campus. And , the carefully layed-out walkway, with . all those dips, bumps and strategi- m 1 ? cally subtracted bricks, provides the best damn ankle fractures in the state , o h of South Carolina! The squirrels are CO] a model of southern hospitality, too, olm\im?-inrr Yn-an^Vioq nnH arnms onto the heads of passersby. Of course, far be it from our fine ^ ^ University to rest on its laurels. The ^ "Carolina Beautification Committee'' has been hard at work spreading dead ^ and rotting leaves, mixed with the faces of some farm animal, all over campus to give it that rustic smell of a j"* manure heap. Fm not sure what the purpose of this compost casserole is, j ^ other than to assure pedestrians don't wc stray from the sidewalk for fear ofru- ^ ining their shoes. Yet they continue , to shovel it out in large quantities... 11 I just wait 'til it rains (I can see the ^ headlines now: "Students overcome , by fumes... Thousands flee. Super- T man, where are you?"). 1S' Now, before we leave the subject of bathroom humor entirely, Fm sure most of you read in last Monday's f aUahI nniuoroih/fl ' UiUiietutK auvui uic uiutviwvj u u<. cision to halt the toilet paper service ^ to those residents of the Horseshoe. 1 1 Add this to the sudden inexplicable ve increase of high-fiber bran cereals be- ^ ing served in the University cafete- ^ rias... and it equals big trouble. If I didn't know any better, I'd say someone in the administration is trying to wc play a very cruel trick indeed on the ^ resident students here. Or m^ybe they need more compost to spread . around campus, I don't know. " * * .i ii Wli Uft, Deiore 1 toilet, nere is anoiner wacky little observation Fve made as I coldly stalk this campus each day. Whenever you step foot onto the walkway that connects the Bates twins with the rest of campus, you are takUVtrrttf&rrirh SKI VLWJ I ItUIUV FAX: 77 Student Media Russell House-USO Colun Lee Clontz Jimmy DeButts V Editor io Chief Sports Editor Susan Goodwin Kim Truett Viewpoints Editor Photo Editor Steven C. Burritt Ethan Myerson Copy Desk Chief Graphics Editor Keith Boudreaux Erin Galloway News Editor Asst. News Lupe Eyde Robert Wertz Features Editor Asst. News The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published Monday, k Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spring semesw lets, with the exception of university holidays and exam Lc periods. na Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the L< editors or author and not those of the University of -j-j South Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of so Student Media is its parent organization. be ct year ackling the health care issue this prickly with its traditional pointtepublicans were accused of blockb thought to have been too dividlton Administration was said to Ived; the insurance industry too bts about the plan, sn't been aimed at is at their rejj.:? ? ? ec i i.? i lues, nu uiic utui tuiuiu iu accept simply doesn't go. That would be stions but no answers. One realernment needs to do more work ture was on the president's wish ore to come up with a solution to ison has been pointed out and devernment started out with a misand succeeded only in generally ;rol over the possible loss of votes the year, the real losers are the ith its health care system, should be done about it, still re- ? sded officials learn to compromise >ms, bricks easures se your life in your hands, folks. Fm e you are familiar with this thing- ^ the long steep walkway covered ^ ;h speed bumps for safety (hahi, it is to laugh). I affectionately this the "Bates Bicycle Autobahn." ave personally been deafened sev1 times by the sonic boom these bilists cause when they break the ar tnd barrier. And the aforemen- e)j led speed bumps, which were de- ^ led to slow traffic on the walkway, j0. ve become objects of scorn and icule to the bikers who now use ^ ;m to "slalom." Oh, I long for the i fs of the horse-drawn buggies and s gentle Amish (they didn't ride ro ck Hoppers"... and I like their hats). Speaking of harking back to the . en days and deep mistrust of new- aT igled contraptions, a trial test 01 t]( ! Reality female condom has turned 3ome mixed results. Although 50 ^ -cent of the people in the trial said ^ iy would use the female condom as iarrier method, there were some ^ nplaints, now get this, about a leaking noise that occurred dur \ use ("Mabel, call the exterminas... we've got rats!"). Squeaking?! w his akin to wearing corduroy pants? ^ liat I would like to know is, did ^ neone try to localize and identify K i squeaking, because there are nuirons possible sources for squeak- ^ I during... but I shan't elaborate, seems all other aspects of the fe- ^ lie condom were satisfactory, but an see how this "noise" problem iuld take away from the romance the moment CTiey, lef s try to play lgle Bells!"). Anyway, back to the twisted world the University of South Carolina c ere the question on everyone's mind r "What in the hell is with the piz- c down at the Patio?" Anacquain- t ice has dubbed it "teething pizza," 1 d it is well-deserved, I assure you. seems the crust is made of some I ice-age Kevlar material that makes c mpossible to eat the pizza in a con- 1 ntional manner. Now have you * sr watched National Geographic, ere they show the great white shark ? ine into his nrev and then shaking ? r- ? , 3 head back and forth to rip off anks of flesh? I find this technique * irks best, though you've got a helra sore neck the next day. Well, I must take my leave of you w, my friends, but I will return soon th mo' crap. And a word to the wise: >n't take any wooden nickels, and itch the skies over Bates West. Matt Horgan is a journalism junior. __ , Chris Carroll 77-7/20 Director of Studeot Media ing: 777-4249 Laura Day 7-6482 Creative Director ?bia, SC 29208 Vendy Hudson Gregory Perez Asst. Copy Desk Production Asst. Ta?Jc3"? Elizabeth Hiomas Uison Williams Adv Graduate Assl Features Renee Gibson Ryan Wilson Marketing Director ??.. Chris Wood a" ~,0pe MS Advertising Manner Jas^n JefTers Erik Collins Cartoonist Facu"yAdvisor Letters Policy te Gamecock will try to print all letters received, tiers should be 200-250 words and must include full me, professional title or year and major if a student, tters must be personally delivered by the author to te Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 321. e Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for tie, possible libel or space limitations. Names will not withheld under any circumstances. ? BfASUV FILM ' if miEunwmB "We're just lucky that no Met paper shoi Recently university cutbacks have touched a nsitive spot with Horseshoe residents. Housing took our toilet paper, and the s~ has t the fan as residents debate the pros and cons of e cuts. You see, last year the custodial staff would disibute a roll of toilet paper per resident on the iorstep of every Horseshoe apartment each week. Yes, those were happy days, those toilet paper tys. We'd see the rolls smiling happily at us, fresh id new, wrapped in a pleasant toilet paper wrap, :uding a pleasant toilet paper aroma, saying to i, "I want you to use me to attend to all of your toit paper tasks." There were a few problems with those days, as iere are with any person/paper-product reiationlip. First, few apartments of four men have enough ilet paper tasks to occupy the attention of four lis of paper. In fact, any apartment of four men ho routinely use four rolls of TF in a week should obably have one of those roommate discussions id determine which resident needs to take a lite visit to the medical center. Apparently this problem is not so pronounced i women's rooms, according to some of my friends. rhereas men use toilet paper for one or two key irposes, women, being more resourceful, can adapt le lowly roll to multiple uses. I'm scared, quite ankly, to ask what those purposes are...there are ist some things I was never meant to know. Another problem with the paper was its somehat abrasive quality. You can be assured last year's brseshoe residents have some of the smoothest indparts of any college students in the nation be mse the American Sandpaper Manufacturers were pparently the low bidders on the TP contract. Now, le paper on the 'Shoe wasn't quite as bad as the aper down in the Coliseum, which is not distribted in rolls but in small rectangular sheets in a Poll indicates ( A new poll released last week showed great disontent on the part of the American public over curent governmental policy. The poll, which was conlucted by The Times Mirror Center for the People and he Press, provided an assessment of the current poitical climate. The poll indicated a growing dislike over the ex>ansion of the federal government. Published results ompared the current with the results of the same poll n 1987. Since 1987, the American people have endured i Republican president who's hands were tied by the iberal congress, and now a liberal president who has [reatly expanded the federal government's power anc tttempted to enact radical left policies, such as forcing he homosexual lifestyle upon United States military rersonnel. What do the American people think about Clinton's sxpansion of the federal government? According to the xrll, 69 percent believe the federal government controls ;oo much of our daily lives. Thaf s up from 56 percenl n 1987. Obviously, a lot of people are quite frustratec vith Clinton's reversal of so many of Reagan's pro-mid lie class, pro-small business policies that were enact ;d during the 1980s. How about welfare policy? There is a great increas< n frustration over welfare policies that promote lazi less, lack of incentive and are destroying the Ameri What shoi i "I think that our health can 0mjk | trolled by the government. 1 W Ml who can't afford health care, i Jk w Jl? same orraortunities as everv< j _gMM? ~~] "Everyone should have univ< with him (President Clinton! sal health care for everyone, Lk ? CAmPAM sec OUTof^\ \^He& , EflRL'.J ' ^nwiifl ^ Bp / Tost w/anna i l in ver. co/mer ~ tool one got hurt and lucky that he pulled his t /ille, Ohio sheriff Bemie Gibson on the McQuik's Oilube pip ild be least of Hoi CHRIS MULDROW l -c? ix 1? surt ui imuiaiuit; tissue uua. uuiibcuiu papei is muu of like using a Post-It note in the bathroom, an unpleasant experience, I assure you. Many people on the Horseshoe last year went to Kroger or some other retail establishment and purchased softer, more skin-friendly paper products, and they began to pile up the weekly offerings of sandpaper. By the end of the year, toilet-paper fortresses dominated rooms all over the 'Shoe. Now that the housing department decided to stop paper delivery, however, people are clamoring for their weekly rolls. They say the department has stnllfpd intn a sarrpH rpalm nf the anartments and ripped away an essential element of Horseshoe life. Just wait!! I cry with mock indignation. These people don't know the whole entire full story of the Horseshoe TP. You see, the area office has on hand a supply of the sandpaper and is ready and willing to hand out rolls like they're going out of style. All it takes is a short trip to the area office, the same place that houses the vending machines and the washers and dryers that don't work. If these residents ask for a couple of rolls, they can get them. All right, so it isn't really helpful if you're on the can and realize your supply of TP has dwindled to nothing, but most people keep at least a minor track of that sort of thing. In my opinion, the Horseshoe toilet paper is among the least of the USC problems right now. In toilets all over the university, anarchy is poised for attack, and custodial black holes glare from every nook and cranny. Clinton, Democr. H0 I * COlUmn'St can family. The poll indicated 43 percent of the Amer| ican people believe it is not the government*s responsiI bility to take care of people who can't take care of themselves. Thaf s up from only 29 percent in 1987. This indicates people are finally realizing LRTs "war on poverty" is a failed policy, and a new direction must be taken to r deal with this problem \ What about the liberals', version of equal rights that often turns into reverse discrimination, and in many , cases hurts the economy by causing "petty" lawsuits s against small businesses? The verdict: A majority of j whites believe the government has gone way too far in t pushing equal rights in this countiy. The number was 1 up to 51 percent from 46 percent in 1987. There was an even sharper rise in the number of blacks who agree - with this statement (26 percent from 16 percent in 1987). And finally, what do the American people think i about the upcoming elections? A whopping 79% believe it's time for Washington politicians to step aside and make room for new leaders. If people really vote the ild be done about h< e system should be con- i "I thi: .''here are a lot of people | t41f care and they should have the f flifSij * have ane else." | - l||f ton p Jessica Rogers I ? Political science freshman f f ^ arsal health care. I agree fv^ "Wel ) for trying to get univer - ||?|? -,i9di but there must be a bet- ***?M Brian Bush Chemical engineering senior # IS JrTJ ? \r , blkr /cw%, { W'% \ / J ' ruck in for an oil change." >e bomb rseshoe worries For instance, someone should be investigating ?i i._i_ iU _ J?? WI1U SUJ1C tlic UUUI9 Ull wic IAJ11CU ouano U^bOllO 111 Russell House. Who needs a bathroom stall door? Was someone sitting pondering the meaning of life one day, looked at the door and just thought, "Hey, I could take that thing, hide it in my unusually large backpack and set it up at home so my bathroom could be like this one?" Probably not. OK, I agree with you there. . A better theory is an international chain of bathroom contractors selling stall doors, stealing them and reselling them to other buyers. Let's set the scene: Bathroom door merchant (shifty character with bathroom-theft look in his eyes): This is a fine model, complete with coat hook and easy-flow hinge action. Bathroom door buyer (who just had his doors heisted a week ago): You know, that hook's a little rusty...hey, wait!! That crude drawing of genitalia looks familiar!! This is my door!! Bathroom door merchant: So I guess you don't want this metal bar loaded with toilet paper that I found chained to your stall's wall? Also, some of the soap in the little soap dispensers all over campus has an unearthly glow to it, as if it was some of that waste bound for the Savannah River Site. I don't want my hands falling off after I wash t.hpm Yeah, 1 think my fellow Horseshoe residents should get off their hineys (clean or otherwise) and take the short hike to the area office or even pop over to Food Lion and get some real paper for the bathroom. If you don't respect the aft of the shipyou-call-your-body enough to give it the very best in hygeine products, you should be ashamed. Let's wipe out this problem and this debate. Chris Muldrow is a journalism senior. His column appears every Friday. its in trouble way this poll indicates, the Democrats could be in real trouble come November. Expectations are really high that Republicans can gain back the Senate, but the House might not be a totally unreachable goal either. Imagine if the Republicans end the forty-plus years ol rule by the Democrats in the House! Led by Newt Gingrich of Georgia, the Republican leadership has offered a contract with America. It is a written promise that will truly hold our elected officials accountable. The contract promises specific reforms and bills to be passed if a Republican majority is elected and even offers time frames in which this will be done. The reforms offered are common sense ideas that will strengthen the middle-class, the institution of marriage, the American family, small business and will provide real help for the dependent classes by giving them incentive and opportunity. Furthermore, the contract provides for Congress being held to the same rules as everybody else. Clinton and his liberals have made America real ize just how much they miss the Reagan era. Maybe we can get back on the "right" track now! Tommy Touchberry is a marketing junior. i His column appears every Friday. 3alth care? nk it's needed for people who cant afford it. Health is expensive. But you have to think that doctors to pay for their education. There's part of the Clinilan that needs to be changed." Brian Fortuna Biology sophomore 1, it needs to improve. There's really not enough icine to support everybody." Shawnta Myers Undecided freshman